The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-22
PettiS, Bassett&Co.
A RAID ON BRIGHTON BEACH.
The Police Dispense a Crowd Of Three Thou
sand Drinking and Gambling People.

Since Superintendent Travis began enforcing
the LIQUOR laws on Sunday, the class that made
the saloons their resorts have been goin out of
the city and carousing at different localities.
Brighton Beach has been the favorite resort,
and every Sunday this summer the crowd that
gathered there numbered from two hundred to
one thousand The gatherings were for time
orderly, but as the resort became more and more
advertised the crowds grew, and the place be-
came more disreputable. There has been dis
turbances of some kind at the place every Sun
day for two months, and there have been sew
eral fights that came near resulting in loss of
life. Gam bling devices of every description
have been in operation and beer flowed freely to
all who had money to purchase it.
The place became such a nuisance to the few
residents OF the locality that recently Superin-
tendent Travis has received numerous petitions
10 send a detail of police to maintain order.
This he was slow to do, because the place was
outside rhe city limits, and beyond his jurisdic-
tion There the usual plea for protection
yesterday morning, and in the afternoon Captain
Colbert. with posse, consisting of
Sergeant Quisey, and patrolmen Bruce
and BEEN went out to make
a raid on the gamblers of the place. Before
they came in sight OF the resort patrolnan
Brady sent ahead in civilians dress to 60
through the place II possible and what
going on He had jusr got inside the grounds
when a colored boot-black, who knew him. dis
covered his presence and gave the alarm. There
were fully three thousand people on the ground,
nearly one-third of whom were gambling with
various devices. and the moment the alarm
given they all started on the On one side
of the ground embankment of ten
twelve feet. and many of them in their fright
jumped over it, and some were considerably
hurt The other officers. who had been
left behind came up rapidly as possible when
they saw the crowd running, but did not arrive
in time to capture any one. The crowd, In run
ming. did not take their gambling devices, and
the officers gathered up n wagon-oad OF every
thing known TO tho profession. After the ground
had been cleared. Henry Patton. a colored
man, came mp over the railroad track and fred
arevolver. which IL supposed to have been aimed
at the police. He was run down and broug ht back
TO the station house. The officers say that there
were not less than three thousand people in
the resort.
A was employed to patrol the grounds on
horseback and give warning of the approach of
any officers. There several stands at
which beer sold, but they were al locked
before the officers reached them, aud no evidence
against the proprietOrs positive enough to war
rant an arrest secured The names of
many Of those who at the resort were
taken by the officers and will be presen ted to the
next grand jury.
There are several other resorts Of like nature
that Superintendent Travis proposes to look
after in the future. One ia located OF
White river, between the Vandala and Indian
apolis a. ST. Louis railroad tracks and another
~ below Garfield Park, south of the city.
ny.